Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

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Adam McKinlay

Year of Call: 2018 [email protected] 07753 267455

Professional Career to date

Devil Masters: Chris Paterson, Dan Byrne, Sarah Livingstone

2017-2018: Devil, 2015-2017: & Associate, Brodies LLP 2012-2015: Senior Solicitor, Brodies LLP 2010-2012: Solicitor, Brodies LLP 2008-2010: Trainee, Brodies LLP

Education & Professional Qualifications

Lord Reid Scholarship, Faculty of Advocates (2017-2018) Chartered Insurance Institute, Diploma in Insurance (2014) Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh (2008) LLB (Hons) (First Class), University of Edinburgh (2007)

Academic Prizes: Lord President Cooper Memorial Prize (2007) – Honours Student of Outstanding Distinction John Hastie Scholarship (2007) – best performance in Ordinary courses by an LLB graduate Miller Prize (2005) – class prize for Commercial Law Tods Murray Scholarship (2005) – combined prize for Commercial and Property Law James Craig Howie Memorial Prize (2005) – combined prize for private law subjects McGrigors Prize (2005) – combined prize for Commercial Law, Property and Taxation Margaret Balfour Keith Prize (2004) – class prize for Public Law Thow Scholarship (2004) – class prize for Obligations

Areas of Expertise

Professional Liability Construction and Engineering Commercial Contracts Commercial Property Public Law, Judicial Review and Human Rights Alternative Dispute Resolution

Professional Experience

Adam called to the in 2018 as the Lord Reid Scholar 2017-18.

Adam’s areas of practice are commercial and public law. He has a particular expertise in professional negligence actions. He also regularly acts for clients in construction, property and contractual disputes and has significant experience of obtaining interim orders.

Axiom Advocates [email protected] www.axiomadvocates.com Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Telephone: 0131 226 2881 Facsimile : 0131 225 3642 DX ED 549302, Edinburgh 36, LP3 Edinburgh 10

Adam is a Standing Junior to the UK Government. He represents the UK Government in judicial review cases, including cases concerning human rights and EU law.

Adam appears regularly in the (including the Commercial Court) and the Court. He also represents clients in adjudications, arbitrations and mediations.

Prior to calling to the Bar, Adam practiced as an Associate in Brodies LLP’s Dispute Resolution department, where he worked for seven years. He was a prior to calling to the Bar and appeared in the UK Supreme Court in that capacity. He teaches Civil Court Practice at the University of Edinburgh.

Recent Cases

Professional Liability

Aird v Lamb (Greenock , February 2020) – claim against solicitor arising from failure to report on existence of access rights (proof before answer) Iain Ford v The Firm of W & AS Bruce [2020] SCKIR 9 – debate on arising from alleged failure by solicitor to advise on inclusion of survivorship destination in title McKay v Sesame Limited (Aberdeen Sheriff Court, November 2019) – debate on whether claim for alleged negligent financial advice had prescribed Gordon’s Trustees v Campbell Riddell Breeze Paterson LLP 2017 SLT 1287 (as solicitor- advocate in and Supreme Court) – application of s11(3) of the Prescription and Limitation () Act 1973 to a claim for economic loss

Construction & Engineering

Transform Schools (North Lanarkshire) Ltd v Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd [2020] CSOH 19 – enforcement of adjudicator’s award in circumstances where adjudicator had relied upon “without prejudice” correspondence in arriving at his decision Ryrie & Salazar v J&E Shepherd (Edinburgh Sheriff Court, April 2019) – claim against surveyors arising from alleged inaccuracy in Home Report (proof before answer) MP Burke Transport Limited v Charles Scott & Partners [2017] CSOH 67 (as solicitor-advocate) – Commercial Court proof regarding scope of duties owed by structural engineer.

Commercial Contract

Air Telecom UK Limited v ECG Building Maintenance Limited [2019] SAC (Civ) 40 – interpretation of contract for communication services

Public Law, Judicial Review & Human Rights

The Salmon Net Fishing Association of Scotland & Others [2020] CSOH 11 – whether prohibition on retaining salmon caught in coastal waters breached Article 1 Protocol 1 rights of those holding heritable titles to fish for salmon by way of net Cannon v Scottish Legal Complaints Commission [2020] CSOH 23 – whether the SLCC had the power to refer complaints to itself DY v SSHD [2020] CSOH 60 – immigration judicial review AA v SSHD [2020] CSIH 29 – immigration judicial review Carlos Mendoza v SSHD [2019] CSOH 107 – immigration judicial review

Other

Whitehouse v Chief Constable of Scotland & Anr 2020 SC 133 – reclaiming motion on the issue of whether the enjoys immunity from civil suit at common law Whitehouse v Lord Advocate [2019] CSOH 38 – whether the Lord Advocate was entitled to assert legal advice privilege in the context of commission and procedure

Advocates Courts &

Axiom Advocates [email protected] www.axiomadvocates.com Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF

Telephone: 0131 226 2881 Facsimile : 0131 225 3642 DX ED 549302, Edinburgh 36, LP3 Edinburgh 10

Supreme Court Court of Session (Inner and , including Commercial Court) Sheriff Courts

Advocates Appointments & Memberships

2015 to 2019: Tutor, Civil Court Practice, Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh 2009 to 2014: Tutor, Contract Law (Honours), University of Edinburgh 2009 to 2012: Tutor, Contract and Unjustified Enrichment (Ordinary), (Ordinary) and Commercial Law (Ordinary), University of Edinburgh

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